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Cinephiles rejoice: the 43rd Festival du nouveau cinéma (Oct. 7 to 19) is full of treats, further cementing its standing as Montreal’s go-to event for movie-lovers, with new works from Wim Wenders, Jean-Luc Godard and David Cronenberg; American productions by Quebec directors Philippe Falardeau and Jean-Marc Vallée; a dance film by Carole Laure and a Björk concert film. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. The full lineup includes 380 films, including 152 features and 228 shorts, from 55 countries.

Daniel Prieur is a huge fan of Arcade Fire and Patrick Watson. But he had a far more important reason to be the at Monday night’s benefit concert at the Métropolis in memory of slain stage hand Denis Blanchette.

Filmmaker Yannick B. Gélinas tweeted me Monday to correct the spelling of the title of her new documentary. Gélinas corrected my spelling, noting that the title is actually From Montréal. And it’s an important point for the Montreal filmmaker, who recently moved to San Francisco.

It wouldn’t be the first time Canadians invaded Germany. From GrimSkunk to Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Rufus Wainwright to We Are Wolves, Montreal artists of many descriptions have enjoyed the amiability and approbation of German fans for the better part of the last two decades, availing themselves of the German music-consuming public’s customary open-mindedness. And it seems the Teutonic tribes have taken an early shine to Montreal singer, songwriter and pianist Caroline Keating, who recently released her independently produced and distributed debut album, the polished and poised, thematically free-ranging Silver Heart. It is, as our German friends might say, wunderbar.

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